All my puny sorrows / Miriam Toews.
Elfrieda, a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die. Yolandi, divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men as she tries to find true love: she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. But Elf's latest suicide attempt is a shock: she is three weeks away from the opening of her highly anticipated international tour. Can she be nursed back to "health" in time? Does it matter? As the situation becomes ever more complicated, Yoli faces the most terrifying decision of her life.
Record details
- ISBN: 1940450276
- ISBN: 9781940450278
- Physical Description: 317 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : McSweeney's Publishing, [2014]
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- Subject:
- Divorced women > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Suicidal behavior > Fiction.
Women pianists > Fiction. - Genre:
- Novels.
Psychological fiction.
Available copies
- 16 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 2 current holds with 17 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC TOE (Text) | 30229100978344 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F TOEWS (Text) | 39493107709802 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F TOEWS (Text) | 22281500122974 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F TOE (Text) | 0020510378118 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fairmont Public Library | F TOEWS (Text) | 34510000541456 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | TOE (Text) | 33258007487882 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | F TOEWS (Text) | 39493107671051 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | F TOEWS (Text) | 39493107894471 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | F TOE (Text) | 0020510378100 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pembroke Public Library | F TOEWS (Text) | 34510000541464 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Elfrieda, a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die. Yolandi, divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men as she tries to find true love: she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. But Elf's latest suicide attempt is a shock: she is three weeks away from the opening of her highly anticipated international tour. Can she be nursed back to "health" in time? Does it matter? As the situation becomes ever more complicated, Yoli faces the most terrifying decision of her life.
